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I agree. What team was Looney's playing Sunday when the asst. coach had the meltdown?

Crabs

Playing Crabs seems to bring out the best in coach's and parent's behavior

Crabs are responsible for global warming

you're insane. kids do play for the fun of the sport, and some have parents who don't live their lives through their kids sports. many parents push academics, not sports, and use sports as a means to teach kids how to win and lose with respect, deal with adversity, and be part of a team.

Interesting... Crabs has 4 teams. All playing at the best divisions. All are undefeated and at the top of their brackets. Anyone ever notice why Crabs does not field B teams....It seems that most of the complaints about Crabs come from parents/players from those "B" teams

Kids should play for the fun if that's what they want. But I don't get parents willingness to pay $2000+ for them to do it. If having fun is the goal, why pay that expense? I guess if you have the disposable income that's great. I have 3 kids that play, so if they were just looking to have fun, I could find better things to do with the amount of money I am paying a year for them to play and they could just play for their schools.

And world hunger

rec is always an option, but it is only there till high school. club is there through high school. plus, kids can choose to play for the fun of the sport and be on competitive teams. I don't pay anything near $2000 for either of my kids, as a matter of fact I don't pay a total of $2000 for both to play club ball.

What clubs do your kids play for that cost less than 1k? Are they competitive? If not, are they having fun?

I thought Madlax was responsible for World Hunger

2020 scores from today?

Loonies 8-5 v Sons
Crabs 6-4 v Hawks

First time seeing the Crabs play this year. The number of holdbacks is staggering. It is almost funny to watch them play. How they can field a team like this without being embarrassed is quite unbelievable.

FCA 10 rising sons 6

Today's game against the Hawks just shows that the Crabs are beatable even with holdbacks. This game could have gone either way. Hawks had a goal wiped out by a timeout call. The ball bounces their way one more time the score could have gone the other way. The crabs goalies were on point today. They won this game for the crabs, not all their holdbacks.

Heard the game really was a blowout, the score makes it seem somewhat even? To

Hawks have plenty of holdbacks, too. Please.

Crabs without holdbacks are no better than Madlax. Did I mention that their coach belittles and abuses his players. These are 13 and 14 year old boys - scratch that - 15 and 16 year old boys - be nice to them.

FCA seemed to be lolly gagging thru the game. Rising Sons probably tired from Looneys.

Nope - not true.

[quote=Anonymous]Don't know if they do or not. If they do, they must be very small for their age. Unlike the monster sized holdbacks that the crabs have. I am not affiliated with the Hawks. Just saw the game and stating the obvious.

1 of Crabs Goalies is a holdback.

FCA was up 5-1 early and went to sloppy play..Rising Sons showed alot of heart and kept playing hard even though they seemed outmatched.

Rumor has it that Hawks best player is turning 16 this year

True

Wow Team91 force lost to next level

There is not a single kid on Hawks that is older than 14. End of story.

Next Level is better than people think. Got some good kids on that team.

Did the Loonies FOGO play?

Yes won all but 2 (15-17)

and they just got done playing Looneys

3 goal game the whole time. 8-5 when goalie scored on himself to make it 9-5. then 9-6 and then a 10th goal while sons were chasing all over the field.

Someone he is not allowed to play for Looneys in the spring. I assume Looneys needed the win to make sure they can make playoffs.

Yup, lost by one in double OT. No shame in that. Proves that this elite bracket can go any way for quite a few games. Triple OT the prior week for 91 and 1 pt loss to FCA. All the teams are fighting hard. Team 91 does not have the same requirements for practice in the Spring as other elite teams to allow the kids to play middle school without burn out . It is a choice that is giving them a rough spring.

Game should be a forfeit as anyone who has played high school can not play this league per their own rules. The player has played the whole high school season with his Florida team. The team they played should pay the 50.00 protest fee and have the game forfeited. It is getting ridiculous that Howad county is ignoring ALL of their own rules and pandering to certain teams. Look it up-it is very clearly written. Shameful as Crabs. Shame on HoCo.

Ok, how many holdbacks does your sons team have? It really isn't none of your business. I'm not associated with Crabs or the team with the FOGO from Fl., but I'm not butting in and yelling like you are. Let the kids play. You should just mind your own business and STFU.

My sons team does not have any holdbacks and the rules state if you play in HS you are not eligible to play in HOCO. Loonies broke the rule yesterday. Forfeit is in order.

The rules are the rules. Holdbacks have nothing to do with this particular rule. You cheat; you forfeit. The rules are very clear and it was done knowing the rule as published to ALL the teams. This league is a sham. How do you know...maybe I am with Looneys...maybe with Crabs and maybe not either but sick of teams doing whatever they want regardless of rules. Hard to believe with your fury that you are not a Looneys parent who got caught. The nonsense needs to end, have some sportsmanship and follow the rules.

It's pretty cut and dry. If the FOGO for Looneys played, it should be a forfeit. This is different than holdbacks. This is a clearly stated rule that if you play for your HS team, you are ineligible to play for an 8th grade team. There is no attempt to hide it. He is listed on his high school roster and his hudl page has his High School Varsity highlights on it. I'm not involved in any way with today's game, but this is something that should be pretty easy. Just a question if any one wants to put up the $50 to challenge the roster.

The protest fee is refunded if the challenge is successful. Being that this is a clear violation of the written rules in terms of the Looneys FOGO, I will be surprised if someone doesn't challenge.

well, the rules regarding normal progression were pretty clear too and Hoco blew those off so guess it depends with how connected they are with Looneys whether they will turn a blind eye again. They are definitely not in it for the kids.